Word: booth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Heading the cast of veteran as well as new talent are R. H. Booth '27 , the hero in the role of Normal Rockwell, the wealthy easterner, and Howard Whitmore '29 as the pulchritudinous Mary Ogden, heroine of the great open spaces. Both Booth and Whitmore starred in a pitching role, respectively, on last year's University and Freshman baseball team, and their performances thus far in "Shooting the Works" proves the range of their versatility...
They looked like toy launches made to float in a bathtub, but they were bigger. They stood on varnished or gilded cradles in the Grand Central Palace, Manhattan-exhibits of the annual motor boat show. Salesmen at every booth gave away folders in blue and gold, in sea-green and orange, describing in fascinating language the advantages of their model's. Well-dressed people read the literature, studied the bright little boats...
...floor above the boats were the engines, from little one-cylinder engines to hitch on to a rowboat, to oil engines big enough to drive a yacht. All week spectators gathered around the booth wherein, upon an altar, rested a Cummins Diesel engine. This engine used cheap fuel oil instead of gasoline, starts instantly from stone cold, "takes up no more space than a heavy-duty gasoline engine." Big Diesel engines are used to drive ocean liners...
...cast is distinguished by veteran and as well as new talent, and reads like a combined football and baseball lineup. The hero, Norman Rockwell, is portrayed by R. H. Booth '27, who is aided in his strenuous role by his pitching experience on last year's championship university baseball team. He is enamoured of one. Mary West, coy maid of the great open spaces, whose charms are subtly interpreted by Howard Whitmore '29, star not only of the stage but also of last year's Freshman team pitching staff...
...book for the play was written by R. H. Booth '27 and D. S. Gibbs '27 and deals with melodramatic adventure and romance of the Wild West. Richard Donham '27 and L. W. Grossman 1G.B., have collaborated on the music Donham is also writing the lyrics...